Ch. 10

A/N: Hey guys!! I love you all soo much!!! After Chapter 8 I didn't get very many reviews at all and that was kind of discouraging so I didn't really update Chapter 9 as fast as I could have. But then, you guys were so awesome and you gave me some really nice reviews so I tried to get this chapter as fast as I could for you. I don't think it's the best chapter or the longest but I wanted to get you something. So here it is.

P.S. All you Dean haters (and that includes me): Don't worry, he'll be gone soon.

"Jess?" Rory called from the kitchen. "What's wrong? Who's at the do--." She stopped and froze when she saw who it was. "Um, Dean, hi. What are you doing here?"

"Hey Rory. I was in the city and I decided to look you up. You were pretty easy to find considering you were the only Lorelei Gilmore listed. It didn't say that you lived with the hoodlum here, though."

"We don't live together. He lives in the building and we hang out. And he's not a hoodlum."

"Yeah," Jess chimed in. "So what do you do now a days, Dean? Still bagging those groceries for Taylor?"

"Actually, yeah Jess," he put extra emphasis on the word Jess. "I work at the market part time and I fix cars part time. What about you? What are you stealing these days?"

"Actually Dean," He said the name like Dean had said his, "I've written a book. It's called Meant to Be... Well, Hopefully. Maybe you've head of it?"

Dean looked down. He had been beaten. "Uh, yeah, maybe I have. Whatever."

Jess smirked. He loved beating The Giant. He'd hated him since he met him, but even more so after he publicly humiliated Rory and then tried to steal her back from him. "Sorry Dean, pal, but now's not a great time."

"I don't believe I asked you, asshole."

"Excuse me? I'm the asshole? I don't remember me being the one breaking up with my girlfriend in front of the whole freaking town."

"That's right, I happen to remember you just up and leaving your girlfriend though, dumb ass."

"I swear, Bean Pole, you're going to get--"

"Jess! Dean! Stop it, please. Calm down!" Rory's pleads were doing no good though. Jess and Dean continued bickering. Rory went to step in between them and at the same time, Dean went to haul off on Jess. He missed his target, though, and knocked Rory down to the ground.

"Rory!" Jess screamed, momentarily forgetting his and Dean's fight. He kneeled by Rory as Dean stood in shock. "Rory, oh my God. Rory, are you all right? Can you hear me?"

"Yeah, Jess. I'm fine, my face just hurts."

"Ok, good. Stay there for a second then." Jess stood up, anger raging in his eyes. He walked to Dean, who kept backing up, still partly in shock. "You bastard! It's one thing when you hit me but when you hit her, I swear you will die!"

"Jess, I-I-I, it was an accident. I didn't mean to. I'm so sorry, Rory."

"I don't care if it was an accident! You hurt Rory and you get hurt ten times worse! Your ass is mine, you son of a bitch." Jess punched him in the gut, then threw him out the door. "Get out before I kill you, you asshole!" He then slammed the door. The anger in his eyes changed to concern as he walked over to where Rory was lying on the floor. He saw down beside her on the floor. "Ror, I'm sorry."

"For what? He's the one that hit me. And it was an accident anyways."

"I don't care. I should've killed him for doing this to you. Are you ok? Can you move?"

"Yeah, kind of. My leg's a little sore from falling on it, but otherwise I'm ok. Besides of course my cheek."

"Come here. Let me take you to the couch." Jess very gently picked Rory up and carried her to the couch. He sat her on the couch and put a pillow down before helping her lie down. He then covered her up. "What else can I do? Do you want some ice for your cheek?"

"Yeah. Thanks, Jess, for helping me out."

"It's no problem at all, Ror. It's the least I can do. After all, it's kind of all my fault. If I wouldn't have provoked him, he wouldn't have tried to hit me," he apologized as he went to get the ice.

"Whoa, did Jess Mariano just apologize for fighting with Dean? I never thought I'd see the day," she laughed.

"Hey, I'm only apologizing because you got hurt in the midst of it. Otherwise, the ape deserved it." He sat on the floor in front of Rory and carefully placed the ice on the quickly-swelling part of her face. "Does that hurt?"

"No, not too bad. I'll live." Rory smiled at Jess, silently thanking him. Jess melted. "Hey Jess, could you do me a little favor, please?"

"Sure Ror, anything you need. Don't be afraid to ask."

"Can I have some coffee?" Rory grinned as she asked.

Jess laughed. "You could be lying on your death bed and you'd still ask for coffee, wouldn't you?"

"Hey, what can I say, I'm a Gilmore."

"That's for sure," Jess answered as he started making the coffee. "Rory, do you need anything else?"

"If you want to, you can put a movie in and you can come and relax with me."

"Alright, sure, what do you want to watch?" he asked, handing her a cup of coffee.

"Whatever you want."

"How about Willy Wonka? Would that make you feel better?"

"Of course! Oompa Loompas make everyone feel better!"

"Ha! If you say so." He put the movie in and then went to sit on the floor in front of the couch.

"Uh uh, mister. Come sit up here with me. You can sit on this end and I'll lay my head in your lap. Come here."

Jess hesitantly did as she said. At first he didn't know what to do with his hands. As the movie started, though, he relaxed and held one of her hands while rubbing her arm with the other. I guess I'll tell her tomorrow, he thought as he enjoyed Rory's company for the night.

A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for reading and please review! Oh, and to those few of you who wrote something in the review, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to rush the plot. I've read some stories, though, where something drags on forever and it just gets boring. Then I've read some stories where it all happens so fast that you don't even know what's going on. I was trying to get in between the two but I must not have done a good job. Sorry. Remember, the more the reviews, the quicker the update! hehe Thanks!